SEED GROWERS 



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Lettuce, New York Special 



Crate of typical heads stripped for packing. 



LETTUCE— LOOSE LEAVED VARIETIES 



Code Word 



BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON lanman 



Early. Dependable in all parts of America and widely grown in 

 home and market gardens. Plant large, attractive, compact; 

 with broad, frilled light green leaves that are of fine crisp texture 

 and splendid quality. 



Chicken Lettuce lob 



Very hardy, rapid growing, medium light green, non-heading 

 butter type which produces flower stalks early and furnishes an 

 abundance of leaves over a long period of growth. 



Detroit Market Gardeners' Forcing, w. s loyal 



Early. Good market garden sort; stands much heat and can be 

 forced quickly under glass. Plant large, compact, upright, dis- 

 tinctly light green; leaves broad with frilled borders, crisp, 

 sweet and of good quaHty. 



EARLY CURLED SIMPSON, w. s laxit 



Early. Also well known as "White Seeded Simpson." Very hardy 

 and dependable; particularly popular for home gardens. Plant 

 large, compact, bright light lustrous green; leaves broad, frilled, 

 firm, crisp, sweet and of good quality. 



Grand Rapids, b. s legin 



Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most widely used and 

 best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. Plants large, up- 

 right, compact and handsome; bright solid hght green; leaves 

 large, broad, margin much waved and frilled; very tender and 

 sweet when grown under glass. 



Ohio Grand Rapids, b. s lucifer 



The same as Grand Rapids except that the foliage is darker green 

 and not so tender. The variety stands more abuse in handling. 



Prize Head, w. s lintock 



Very early, quick growing and one of the most popular for home 

 gardens, particularly on the Pacific Coast. Plant medium large, 

 strictly loose-leaf; leaves broad, crumpled and frilled; outside 

 leaves tinged red, inner leaves wholly green; very crisp, sweet 

 and tender. 



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25 lbs. 



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